Spain to Return "Every Last Person' to Morocco After Migrant "Invasion"
- Spain's Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares pledged to return all migrants who entered Ceuta irregularly back to their countries of origin, mainly Morocco, with cooperation from Rabat on repatriations.
- Around 72,000 migrants entered Ceuta during a sudden influx in late July, with local authorities estimating that approximately 10,000 remain in the city after most were returned by early August.
- The local leader of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, described the influx as an 'invasion' and demanded the immediate expulsion of migrants without asylum permits to prevent further arrivals.
- The Spanish government linked the surge to traffickers exploiting a Spanish Supreme Court ruling that affected migrant pushback procedures at sea, viewing it as an attack on Spain's territorial integrity.
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Around 70,000-80,000 people crossed from Morocco to Ceuta at that time. The vast majority of them were returned to Morocco. Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said on Wednesday that he had given law enforcement "very clear" instructions that, in the case of immigrants without legal residence in Ceuta who commit crimes and are detained, they should legally apply to the court for their immediate expulsion. READ ALSO: Fatal paraglid…
The Spanish Minister of the Interior assured that Spain, in collaboration with Morocco, will prevent any attempt to massively enter Ceuta.
Tens of thousands of people who entered Ceuta illegally last month have triggered Spain's biggest migration crisis in years.
The Danish Parliament will convene on Wednesday at 10 a.m. for a debate on the large migrant flow to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta.
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